Dephlegmator



May 15, 192s. y Y 1,670,118

H. s. MASI-:Y

DEPHLEGMATOR Original Filed March 24, 1920 oil; to provide a dephle mator in whic EEBT S. 'it

EY, 0F CHICA.J ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB, T0 UNIVERSAL OIL Py FOOT@ i COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPHLEGMTOR.

application le 'March 24, 1920, Serial No. 368,223. Renewedaugust 13, 1926i.

My invention relates to improvements in dephlegmators and refers more particularly to dephlegmators to be used in connection with the treatin of petroleum oils. y

Among the sa ient objects 'are to provide a dephlegmator which may be mounted in connection with any type of distillation process but one which is peculiarly adapted to processes in which the vapors are dephlegmated with the assistance of the incoming raw oil charge; to'provide a dephlegmator which permits `of a preheating of the raw oil and dephlegmation of the vapors thru said oil by causing the incoming raw oillto travel in an opposed direction and in Ainti mate relation with the vapors; tol provide a dephlegmator in which due tothe arrangement of the dephlegmating members',.lthe gaseous vapors are directed by a very circuitous route therethrough, materiell increasing the velocity of the vapors an permitting ample opportunity for effective heat transfer from the vapors to the incomin more of the space therein 1s eectually utilized for condensation purposes and so constructedthat there is less short circuiting of the vapors, one which occupies a smaller amount of space, is more easily cleaned and one which is more economical to build and maintain than the common type of dephlegmator now used in connection with stills.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the dephlegmator partly in section land with portions. of the shell broken away to show the internal arrangement, also the central portion broken away.

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. A

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail of the means for su porting the dephlegmating pans.

In the distlllation of hydrocarbon oils, after the `vaporization has taken place in a heatin or cracking zone, the vapors are genera ly directed through an aerial conenser o'r dephlegmator in which a portion of said vapors are condensed, the condensate being returned to be retreated and the uncondensed vapors subjected to furtherv condensation in a water condenser or the like. In some cracking systems the raw pil is injected into the deph egmator or aerial condenser and caused to travel 1n a course pans as t ey are a dephlegmating agent in condensing a por-V tion of the vapors. The dephlegmator or aerial condenser here described is ofa type adapted to be inte osed in such a system.`

Referrmg to therawings, the casing 1 is fitted with vaporinlet pipes 2 through' which the oil vapors from the cracking zone (not shown) are introduced. This casing is fitted with a removable top plate 3 having baille plates 4 which direct the uncondensed' vapors 1n the top of the dephlegmator to the outlet pipes 5. In the lower portion of the casing are riveted or otherwise fastened, a number of supports 6 into which are set the tie-rods 7 in suitable holes. The top of these tie-rods are bent to form rings 8 which furnish a means for removing the rods when the interior' of the dephlegmator is to be cleaned. A center pin or rod 9 having an enlarged head 9Et is passed down thru the center bosses of the pans 10 to assist in ofl a sector of a-circle and are arranged one above the other in the dephlegmator, each pan being so situated in relation to the one below that when all have been placed within the casing, they would appear in the form of spiral steps. -The pans are perforated with a plurality of small holes 10 which permit the oil to drain therethrough. Each of these pans has a lug member 11 which fits in a groove in the pan below preventing the vapors from passing between the pans and causing a spiral circulation below the ans and through the dripping oil. To hol the pans in a proper position, verticall spacers 12 are in erted on the tie-rods between lthe ut into the casing. The boss members 13 oi) the pans hold the spacers and support the weight of the pans.

Aft the top of the casing is supplied a; raw A low and thus be readily seen that the raw oil as it drips down thru the vertically arranged pans will have ample chance' to intermingle with the hot oil vapors travelling in an opposed direction and will have a dephlegmating effeet upon the same as would the passing of these same oil vapors through the body of raw oil. Also the raw. oil lin dephlegmating the vapors will collect the condensate of the same and carry it back to the heating zone to be retreated. It will be noted that this type of dephlegmator. does away "with the short circuiting of the vapors which is very common in the present type of aeriahcon denser. and dephlegmators. Also the removablefeature of theinterior dephlegmating members, by merely removing the *top plate is of marked advantage.

The pans may be made to comprise as many degrees of a .circle as is desired. I have arbitrarily chosen pans of 120 in the accompanying drawing.

I claim as my invention:

' 1. In a dephlegmator for condensing vapors, the' combination with a tubular body having a removable top portion and vapor inlet and outlet port, of a plurality .of perforated shallow receptacles having the shape of the sectors of a circle and mounted one above the other to form a continuous spiral course for vapors, la means for causing a cool liquid to flow downward through the perforated receptacles and intermingle with the vapors, and means for drawing olf the cooling liquid and condensed vapors.

2. In a dephlegmator, the combination with a body having a vapor inlet and a vapor outlet, of a plurality oflshperimposed I receptacles mounted one above the other and spirally arranged, said receptacles being perforated, means for introducing a liquid to the top of the dephlegmator to pass downwardly therethrough, the liquid .discharging through the perforations inthe receptacles, said receptacles being positioned to cause gaseous vapors to pass in a circuitous course through thehdephlegmator prior to dischargeand to come in 'contact 'with the descending liquid,: and means for maintaining the receptacles in position comprising tying elements passing through certain of said receptacles.

3. A. dephlegmator comprising a casing `having a vapor inlet and a vapor outlet port, a plurality of receptacles having the` shape of sectors of a circle disposed within said casing, and positioned so that the successive receptacles are spirally arranged, 'said receptacles having perforations therein, means for introducing a cool liquid to the dephlegmator to pass through the apertures in said receptacles, means to introduce vapors to the dephlegmator through the vapor inlet to pass in the circuitous ath formed by the spiral arrangement of t e receptacles and through the apertures in the receptacles, and means for maintaining the receptacles in position comprising vertical tie rods, each adapted to pass through a plurality of superimposed receptacles.

HERBERT S. MABEY. 

